In advance: 1QTR25 <U/O> Matrix via Applied Indexation is currently available in multi-sheet format.
Featured Clean Energy thematic is derived from a combined Renewables/Diversified Industrials/Technology sector-themed overlay within Invesco’s publicly traded Clean Energy subindustry benchmark proxy ETF (ticker PBW), utilizing the modularity of business segment operations embedded within company revenue lines to generate effective Tier-2: Alpha and Alpha-Beta screens.
<U/O> Matrix via Applied Indexation presents proprietary methodology at scale to illustrate adaptive benchmark/index applications of peer group analytics and valuation, establishing context for institutional investors to identify empirical/prevalent/emerging themes and complementary portfolio strategies (attribution, performance dispersion).
In this context <U/O> Matrix via Applied Indexation methodology presents data analytics on a relative portfolio-weighted basis to dimension competitive market information and demonstrate interrelationships among benchmark index/proxy component members across economic sectors/asset classes/geography based on corporate business segment operations. Data integrity is fundamentally strengthened by refinement of conventional sector/industry/subindustry nomenclature assignments.
From a capital markets standpoint, sustainability of thematics is often dependent on active value (innovation, efficiency, consumerism, price) as a key catalyst for incremental/decremental outperformance. Durability of investment narratives peak-to-trough is reflective of captured comparative growth rate differentials in tandem with the ability to isolate valuation drivers at distinct points of inflection amidst the cycles/subcycles within greater cyclicities (idiosyncratic, dislocations).
>> PBW total return: 1Q25 -28.7%, 1-mo. -13.9%, 12-mos. -21.9%; 12-mos. performance dispersion +503.1%/-94.2% (042225).
>> PBW Fwd adj. PE=20.4 Beta=1.6 versus 24.7/1.6, 23.9/1.6 and 28.4/1.6 sequentially [40.0 limit; N/A totals 52.6% (v. 51.5%) based on portfolio weight and 58.7% of count (+6.5%), 6.8% on market capitalization (+1.1%); Large-cap 29.4% (+5.6%), Mid-cap 36.0% (+4.0%), Small-cap 34.5% (-10.3%)].
>> SPX 12-month Fwd PE=19.0/1Q25 v. 21.5/4Q24, 21.4/3Q24, 21.2/2Q24 (FactSet); CAPE 34.5 from 37.4/36.7/35.8, mean 17.2 (Shiller).
<U/O> Matrix via Applied Indexation segments include Wind, Solar, Fuel Cells, Smart Grid, Water, LED, Biofuel, Automotive, Natural Gas, Storage and Aviation plus further classifications detailing component member assignments based on corporate business segment operations (12 segments, 66 classifications, 245 single and multi-listed component members; n=63).
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w/r/t the past-positive forward looking portfolio-based relative indicators featured in <U/O> Matrix via Applied Indexation, a brief primer is provided online along with posts ‘Alpha, Beta, Alpha-Beta’, <U/O> Tutorial_5: Performance Dispersion (Meta) and slideshow <U/O> Matrix - Establishing Predictive Value: Applied Indexation, Hierarchical Data Sets and Competitive Market Information.
At Venn’s intersection, sets and subsets of competing interests endure. The dynamic principles of business segment operations are three-fold: 1) multinational and Large-cap companies function as benchmark sector/industry/subindustry proxies based on scale (Alpha-Beta), 2) Small- and Mid-cap companies participate as competitive peers (Alpha) and, hence, acquisition candidates and 3) among subsets of 1) and 2) are companies provisioning multiple economic sectors, asset classes and geographies.
Successful portfolio strategies (fundamental, index-plus, systematic) and adaptive investable motifs (niche, thematic, megatrend) isolate Value in Growth, and Growth in Value, by aligning the prospective Alpha drivers directly associated with ecosystem composition and supply chain verticals.
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